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"An investigation into the legal, political, and moral issues surrounding how the police and justice system use surveillance technology, asking the question: what are citizens of a free country willing to tolerate in the name of public safety? Jon Fasman looks at how these technologies help police d...

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Main Author: Fasman, Jon (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Electronic surveillance > Social aspects.
Electronic surveillance > Moral and ethical aspects.
Security systems > Social aspects.
Security systems > Moral and ethical aspects.
Public safety.
Civil rights.
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Summary:"An investigation into the legal, political, and moral issues surrounding how the police and justice system use surveillance technology, asking the question: what are citizens of a free country willing to tolerate in the name of public safety? Jon Fasman looks at how these technologies help police do their jobs, and what their use means for our privacy rights and civil liberties"--
Physical Description:xvi, 265 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781541730670
1541730674
Author Notes:Jon Fasman is the Washington correspondent of the Economist , having previously been South-East Asia bureau chief and Atlanta correspondent. In addition to his work for the Economist , he is also the author of two novels, both published by The Penguin Press: The Geographer's Library, was a New York Times bestseller in 2005 and has been translated into more than a dozen languages; and The Unpossessed City , which was published in autumn of 2018, was a finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award . Fasman resides in Westchester County, N.Y.

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